Louisville Shooting
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Group of survivors, victims’ families to sue maker of gun used in Old National Bank shooting

Hannah Woosley-Collins,

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WTVQ) — A group of survivors and victims’ families of the Old National Bank shooting in downtown Louisville are planning to file a lawsuit against Radical Firearms, a Texas company that produced the rifle the gunman used during the attack. In a Washington Post report, Karen Tutt, Dallas Schwartz and Dana Mitchell are among those joining the suit…

Brett Hankison On Stand 3 2 22
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Ex-cop who fired into Breonna Taylor’s apartment in flawed, fatal raid goes on trial again

Associated Press,

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A former Louisville police officer who fired into Breonna Taylor’s apartment the night she was killed is going on trial in federal court this week for violating Taylor’s civil rights during the botched 2020 raid. The trial will mark a second attempt by prosecutors to convict Brett Hankison for his actions on the night Taylor, a…

Regina Huffman tribute
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Leslie Co. firefighter dies while on-duty

Hannah Woosley-Collins,

LESLIE COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ) — A Leslie County firefighter died while in the line of duty on Saturday. Regina Huffman, of the Coon Creek Fire & Rescue Department, responded to an ATV accident with two people seriously injured around 10 p.m. that day. Helicopters were called in for transport. As Huffman was riding to the scene, the vehicle she was…

Jordan's Sunday Evening Forecast 10/29/23
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The coldest air of the season is on the way

Meteorologist Jordan Smith has a look at your Sunday evening forecast!
WTVQ News Desk,

Good Sunday evening everyone, it’s been a rainy and dreary day across Kentucky and more of the same is on the way for Monday before the coldest air of the season arrives. Rounds of rain will continue into Monday morning area wide with temperatures dropping to the upper 40s to low 50s. Our high temperature on Monday comes in the…

T.g. Shuck's Weekend Forecast...10 27 2023
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A few showers to begin the weekend before the rain ramps up on Sunday

The rain should become more widespread Sunday and Monday before much colder air arrives
T.G. Shuck,

After an amazing week of weather across Central and Eastern Kentucky some rain showers returned to the area on Friday. With a late morning early afternoon arrival in the Bluegrass, afternoon highs were held in check into the upper 60s and low 70s while Southern and Southeastern Kentucky surged into the mid-70s. It was still unseasonably mild for late October…

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University of Kentucky breaks ground on new health building

The health building is scheduled for completion in Fall 2026.
Raime Cohen,

Lexington, Ky (WTVQ):  The University of Kentucky held their groundbreaking ceremony for the new Health Education building. The facility, slated to cover 500,000 square feet, will become a prominent landmark located across University Drive from University Flats once it opens. Dr. Chipper Griffith, Dean of the College of Medicine, says, “we have such healthcare needs in the commonwealth that was…

Solid Blue
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Another successful ABC 36 Solid Blue Drive Thru

Dylan Scheid,

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — Another big turnout for the ABC 36 Solid Blue Drive Thru! The second of two Solid Blue Drive Thru events was held Friday in Lexington. Our ABC 36 sports team and meteorologist Dillon Gaudet handed out free T-shirts to Solid Blue fans at the Southland Christian Church campus on Richmond Road. UK fans shared their thoughts…